manifold
• adjective formal or literary 1 many and various. 2 having many different forms. • noun 1 a pipe or chamber branching into several openings. 2 (in an internal-combustion engine) the part conveying air and fuel from the carburettor to the cylinders or leading from the cylinders to the exhaust pipe. — ORIGIN Old English.
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